Transcript of the live web chat on the impact of domestic violence

The Daily Press hosted a web chat on domestic violence at 1 p.m. Aug. 11. Joining us in the chat was Melissa Hedelius, a parent/community educator at the Genieve Shelter in Suffolk.

Almost one-third of female homicide victims are killed by an intimate partner, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, one in four will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. Danielle Knarr, of Newport News, was stabbed to death on Feb. 2. She was 25. Her boyfriend, Owen Atlee Walker Jr., confessed to killing her and is charged in her death, according to police. Two doctors have ruled that Walker was insane at the time of her death. Walker's next court hearing is scheduled for Aug. 24.